Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — Proceedings of the October Term of Commissioners’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Proceedings of the October Term of Commissioners’ Court.

Contracts for two bridges in .Walkertownship were let to the Attica Bridge Co., for $765 and $735, respectively. Petitions were presented asking for elections in Carpenter and Jordan townships to vote aid to the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co. The elections were ordered on condition that the company deposit SSO for each township to pay the expenses of the elections, which will be held November sth in connection with the regular election, which will reduce the expense materially. The auditor was directed to give notice of the letting of contracts for one bridge in Marion township and three in Wheatfleld. The engineer is directed to prepare specifications for same. John A Dunlap was appointed county attorney at the rate of S3OO per year. « The contract with Tunis Snip, Chas. E. Kersey and Chas. D. Shook for the construction of the Charles E. Kersey et al stone road was approved. The auditor was directed to give notice of letting the contract for the George Naninga et al stone road. Chas. Kain, the. contractor, was allowed $l,OlO on the H. W. Marble et al gravel road. The George W. Putt et al road improvement was awarded to A. E. Herriman for the sum of $9,347. Trustee Parks, of Milroy township, was ordered to construct a retaining wall at the Howe ditch in Milroy township. Mark Knapp et al. Petition for ditch. Ditch ordered established. W. Frank Osborne appointed superintendent E. L. Hollingsworth et al. Petition for ditch. Report approved. Assessments confirmed. Ditch established. George W. Infield et al. Petition for ditch Notice found insufficient and further notice ordered given. Royal L. Bussell et al. Petition for stone road improvement Referred to engineer and viewers, Walter V. Porter and Wanren Robinson. Mrs. Lenora Haig, of New York, is visiting her cousins, Mrs. Mary D. Eger, and C. W. Duvall. Mrs. Haig had not been here since she was a girl, when she lived here for a short time. She will go from here to Olathe, Kans., to visit other relatives. Mrs. James Griswold, of Valparaiso, a sister of Mrs. Eger, was here from Saturday until yesterday.

Mrs. Calvin Karsner Kellan, of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Harry Wiltshire and other relatives and friends. Calvin Karsner will be remembered by many Rensselaer people. He learned the printers’ trade here and then worked for a long time in Chicago. He was a rapid compositor in the old hhnd-set days. His health failed and he moved to California, where he died several years ago. This is her first visit here since her remarriage.